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Hi Robert:
Nice piece indeed. The Ilongot knives and swords are hard to find. I believe this knife is used for the harvesting of rice. However, the scabbard seems particularly good for what may be a tool. Perhaps the scabbard was made for a different knife or this knife had other purposes (? ceremonial). The knife looks older than the scabbard. Ian |
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The first cutting of rice used to be an holy act throughout the archipelago.
Crafting well-decorated ceremonial tools for this purpose and safeguarding them as heirloom makes perfect sense to me. Regards, Kai |
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Best, Robert |
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Oh I agree with you and Kai. Ceremonial rice knives would be in better dress.
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Thank you all very much for your kind words and thoughts on this most interesting, unusual and probably rare item. If it is the consensus that my latest treasure (even though not an actual weapon) was most likely used as a ceremonial rice harvesting knife I couldn't be happier. As we all know anything can be used as a weapon, but to me finding the original intended purpose of an item such as this is much more important. I now hope to someday find a photo or drawing of another example of this knife (or at least very similar) with a description of its use or (if you are going to dream you might as well dream big) an old photo showing one actually being used.
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Thank you all once again for your thoughts on this piece. Best, Robert |
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